Ethan Hunt, the main character of the Mission: Impossible film series.
For detailed information about this series, see: Mission: Impossible Wiki
Mission: Impossible is a TV series on CBS created by Bruce Geller that would later be a film series by Paramount Pictures.
TV[]
- Mission: Impossible (September 17th, 1966 - March 30th, 1973)
- Mission: Impossible (October 23rd, 1988 - February 24th, 1990)
Film[]
- Mission: Impossible (May 22nd, 1996)
- Mission: Impossible II (May 24th, 2000)
- Mission: Impossible III (May 5th, 2006)
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (December 21st, 2011)
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (July 31st, 2015)
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout (July 27th, 2018)
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (July 12th, 2023): originally released as Dead Reckoning - Part One
- Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning (May 23rd, 2025)
Video Games[]
- Mission: Impossible (September 1990) for NES
- Mission: Impossible (1991) for MS-DOS
- Mission: Impossible (July 16th, 1998) for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation
- Mission: Impossible (February 22nd, 2000) for Game Boy Color
- Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma (December 2nd, 2003) for GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, and Xbox
Comic[]
- Mission: Impossible (May 22nd, 1996)
Links to Other Series[]
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Airplane! | December 10, 1982 | The Mission: Impossible theme can be heard in Airplane II: The Sequel. | 3 |
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Gadget | September 12, 1983 | Inspector Gadget's exploding messages are based on the self-destructing messages from the Mission Impossible TV series. | 3 |
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Otto (Film series) | July 13, 1989 | The TV series Mission: Impossible is parodied in Otto – Der Außerfriesische. | 3 |
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Duke Nukem | January 29, 1996 | In Duke Nukem 3D, the Episode 4, Level 1 "It's Impossible" has many refereces to Mission: Impossible, including an exploding tape recorder that can hurt Duke. | 3 |
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Donkey Kong | 1996 | The Donkey Kong Planet skit "Mission: Impossible" parodies the series of the same name. | 3 |
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Super Sentai-Power Rangers | May 02, 1997 | The title of the Power Rangers Turbo episode "Transmission Impossible" references Mission: Impossible. | 3 |
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Dexter's Laboratory | August 13, 1997 | In the Dexter's Laboratory episode Book 'Em, a soundalike of the Mission: Impossible theme music is heard when Dexter grabs his agent gear. | 3 |
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Diagnosis: Murder | November 13, 1997 | Cinnamon Carter from the original Mission: Impossible show appears in the Diagnosis: Murder episode "Discards". | 1 |
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South Park | March 27, 2002 | Cartman has a Mission: Impossible playset in the episode Fun with Veal. | 2 |
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Happy Tree Friends | March 3, 2000 | Pitchin' Impossible is a reference to Mission: Impossible. | 3 |
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SpongeBob | April 17, 2007 | In the episode Spy Buddies, when SpongeBob and Patrick get their mission through a recorded message in a Krabby Patty and then the object self-destructs, it is a parody of the self destruct message object used in the Mission Impossible movies. | 3 |
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The Irate Gamer | June 01, 2007 | The Irate Gamer reviews Mission: Impossible on NES. | 2 |
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The Thick of It | November 14, 2009 | Mission: Impossible is mentioned in The Thick of It. | 2 |
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Modern Family | February 15, 2012 | Phil makes a reference to Mission: Impossible is mentioned in the Modern Family episode: "Me? Jealous?". Mission: Impossible is also mentioned in the episode: "Valentine's Day 4: Twisted Sister". | 2 |
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The Lorax | March 2, 2012 | The animals in The Lorax movie hum the Mission: Impossible theme. | 2 |
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Pocket God | December 19, 2012 | The Closet Room's music is a homage to the Mission Impossible theme. | 3 |
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Terror In Resonance | August 7, 2014 | Mission Impossible is mentioned in the Terror In Resonance episode "Hide And Seek". | 2 |
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Halo | July 31, 2015 | Benji can be seen playing Halo 5 in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. | 2 |
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Persona | September 15, 2016 | In Persona 5 one of the movies you can watch at the movie theater is a parody of Mission: Impossible. There is also a reference to Mission: Impossible in Persona 5 Tactica. | 2.5 |
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Lego Dimensions | September 27, 2016 | The Mission: Impossible Universe appears in the game. | 1 |
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Supernatural (Warner Bros.) | March 2, 2017 | Mission Impossible is mentioned in the Supernatural episode "Raid". | 2 |
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Nostalgia Critic | July 24, 2018 | The Nostalgia Critic reviews Mission: Impossible 2. | 2 |
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PUBG | July 28, 2018 | A Mission: Impossible themed event including items like Ethan Hunt's outfit was available in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile. | 1 |
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Pitch Meeting | August 4, 2018 | Pitch Meeting had an episode on the Mission Impossible movies. | 2 |
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Monica's Gang | August 2019 | Ethan Hunt appears in Clássicos do Cinema - Turma da Mônica #65. | 2 |
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Robot Chicken | October 13, 2019 | Mission: Impossible is parodied in the Robot Chicken episode "Fila Ogden in: Maggie's Got a Full Load". | 2 |
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Angry Video Game Nerd | August 21, 2020 | The 182nd episode of The Angry Video Game Nerd reviews Mission: Impossible for the N64. | 2 |
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Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood | March 24, 2022 | Mission: Impossible is shown on TV in Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood. | 2 |
Links to Non-Series Media[]
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure | October 11, 1996 | Ethan Hunt appears in Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure. (see details) |
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